towards an entrepreneurial learning action plan for albania may 2015

Towards an Entrepreneurial Learning Action Plan for Albania

Setting the scene:Entrepreneurial learning in a lifelong learning context

Elin McCallumEuropean Training Foundation

• Education & Training 2020• Promoting creativity, innovation & entrepreneurship

• Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan• Entrepreneurial education & training to support growth & business creation

Europe2020 Strategy Smart, sustainable and

inclusive growth

• Principle 1 – Entrepreneurial Learning & Women’s Entrepreneurship• Principle 8a – Enterprise SkillsSBA Assessment Process

• Dimension D Education & Competences: Entrepreneurship key competence development at all levels of education and trainingSEE2020 Strategy

• Commitment to development and progress in entrepreneurial learning including

• Lifelong entrepreneurial learning• Entrepreneurship key competence

Charter for Entrepreneurial Learning

Keystone for Growth & Jobs

External policy influencing EL in Albania

ENTREPRENEURIAL LEARNING IN A LIFELONG LEARNING CONTEXT

Entrepreneurship CompetenceIncreasing business focus

Supporting new entrepreneurs

Developing business skills for aspiring

entrepreneurs

Building awareness of entrepreneurship

as a career destination

Entrepreneurship as a key competence for lifelong learning:for all learners in all subjects at all levels

Active citizensEntrepreneurial employeesNew social entrepreneurs

New entrepreneurs

ALBANIA:ENTREPRENEURIAL

LEARNING POLICY

ENVIRONMENT

NSDI II National Strategy for

Development and Integration 2014-

2020(Council of Ministers)

BIDS Business Investment

Development Strategy 2014-2020

(MEDTTE)

Womens Entrepreneurship Action Plan 2014-2020 (MEDTTE)

NESS National Employment & Skills Strategy

2014-2020 (MSWY)

Strategy on Pre-University Education

Development - draft (MES)

Law on Higher Education - being revised 2015

(MES)

NSSTI National Strategy for

Science, Technology &

Innovation 2009-2015

(MES)

Higher Ed VET Schools

Youth: non-

formal Partnership Government

Partnership Strategy

Partnership Business Media Start-up

promotionStart-up

skillsResearch / monitoring Women

SBAX X X X X X X X X X X X

BIDSX X X X X X X X X X X

NESS X X X

WEAPX X X X X X

White Paper on

HE X Pre-

University Education

Law X X

NSSTIX

Thematic Coverage of Current Actions

Number of actions per theme Number of actions

Education - all levels 4

Higher Education 6VET 3

Schools 12Youth: non-formal learning 1Partnership - government 1

Partnership - Strategy 2Partnership - business 1

Media Promotion 1Start-up promotion 2

Start-up - skills 6Research / monitoring 1

Women (10)

EL in Albania• 42 identified actions

– From all relevant strategies and laws– Also drawn from SBA assessment process

• Good baseline– SBA evidences wide range of existing EL initiatives– Commitment to EL in strategies– Ongoing donor involvement

• Significant gaps – Partnership– Engaging with business and community organisations– University level innovation– Access to finance

• Challenges– Realistic implementation planning– Financial resources– Partnership and cross agency working – sharing news, ideas, practice– Learning from existing practice – mainstreaming / transferring to national level

Danish Strategy for Education & Training in Entrepreneurship:

The vision of the Danish government is to:• Give pupils and students an introduction to

entrepreneurial thinking.• To develop pupils’ and students’ knowledge of

entrepreneurship.• To develop the ability of pupils and students to act

entrepreneurially.

Structure of Strategy Actions:Upper secondary:

– General upper secondary – Vocational upper secondary

Higher education:– Professional batchelor and academy

profession programmes– Maritime programmes– Higher artistic programmes– University programmes

Objectives for each stage of education & training:Upper secondary education includes both general and vocational education. The Danish government has the following general objectives in upper secondary.

Objectives:• All young people will acquire knowledge of innovative methods and entrepreneurial

competencies as part of their upper secondary education.

In concrete terms this means that: • Evaluation of the entrepreneurial competencies of pupils’ must be included in

examinations in relevant subjects and subject-related contexts. • Young people in upper secondary education must be able to choose entrepreneurship

subjects as far as possible. • Relevant teachers in upper secondary education must be given the opportunity to obtain

qualifications and do in-service training in innovative educational theory and methodology, and to qualify to teach entrepreneurship subjects.

• Particularly talented young people should have the opportunity to take part in talent development programmes with a view to developing their own projects or enterprises.

Youth Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Strategy for Wales 2004-2010

Three Action areas:• Awareness – developing

the culture• Learning – equipping

young people with relevant skills, knowledge and experience

• Support – providing an effective and demand-led support infrastructure

WORKSHOP 1

The Action Shuffle…What to do:

1. Group actions under common themes 2. Add new or missing actions3. Remove irrelevant or duplicate actions 4. Identify priority actions (individually)

40 minutes2 groups

1 wall

Workshop Session 2

• Cooperation• Responsibility• Implementation

1. How does this affect development of an action plan?

2. How does this translate into next steps for the development of the action plan? i.e. what needs to be done...

For more information:

Elin McCallumDirector - Bantani Research & ConsultingBuilding Entrepreneurial Learning Opportunities

email [email protected] @elinmccallum